The Broad Black Brimmer Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][A]
[D]

[Verse 1]
There's a [D]uniform
that's hanging [G]in
What's known as father's [D]room
A uniform so simple in [A]it's style
It [D]has no braid of gold or silk
No [G]hat with feathered [D]plume
Yet me mother has pre
[G]served it [A]all the [D]while
One [G]day she made me try it on
A [D]wish of mine for years
"Just in memory of your father dear"
She [Bm]said and [D]when I put
the Sam Browne on
She was [G]smiling through her [D]tears
As she placed the broad black
[G]Brimmer [A]on me [D]head

[Verse 2]
It's just a [D]broad black brimmer
With it's [G]ribbons frayed and [D]torn
By the careless whisk of
Many's a mountain breeze
An old trench coat that's
All [G]battle-stained and and [D]worn
And breeches almost
[G]threadbare [A]at the [D]knees
[G]A Sam Browne belt with the
[D]Buckle big and strong
And a holster that's been
Empty many's a [Bm]day
[A]But when [D]men claim Ireland's freedom
The [G]one should choose to lead them
Will [D]wear the broad black
[Bm]brimmer of the [A]IRA[D]

[Verse 3]
[D]
It was the uniform being worn
By me [G]father long [D]ago
When he reached me mother's
Homestead on the [A]run
It was the [D]uniform me father wore
In that [G]little church be[D]low
When oul' Father Mac
He [G]blessed the [A]pair as [D]one
And af[G]ter truce and treaty and
The [D]parting of the ways
He wore it when he marched
out with the [Bm]rest
And [D]when they bore his body
Down that [G]rugged heather [D]braes
They placed the broad black
[G]Brimmer [A]on his [D]breast

[Verse 4]
It's just a broad black [D]brimmer
With it's rib[G]bons frayed and [D]torn
By the careless whisk of
Many's a mountain breeze
An old trench coat that's
All [G]battle-stained and and [D]worn
And breeches almost
[G]threadbare [A]at the [D]knees
[G]A Sam Browne belt with the
[D]Buckle big [Bm]and strong[A]
[D]And [G]a[D][Bm][A][D]
[G][D]
[A][D][G][D]
[G][A][D][G][D]
[Bm][D][G]
[D][A][D]
[G][D]
[G][D][G][A][D][G]
[D]holster that's been
Empty many's a [Bm]day (Not for long)
But when [D]men claim Ireland's freedom
The [G]one should choose to [D]lead them
Will wear the broad black brimmer of the [A]IRA[D]